The president reinstated the test, which was phased out during the Obama administration, to celebrate the "the exceptionalism of America's sports and fitness traditions."

Trump signed an executive order on Thursday that will expand the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition and bring back the Presidential Fitness Test in public schools.

American public schools will once again assess students’ physical activity levels thanks to the Presidential Fitness Test. President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday reviving the Presidential Fitness Test discarded by the Obama Administration in 2013.